Tag: Maurice Sendak

  • Maurice Sendak teaches Stephen Colbert how to write a children’s book.

    Oddly, I’m writing about Maurice Sendak twice in one month. But dude deserves it. I guess he’s having his Betty White moment. Whatever the case, I’ll take any gem or pearl this wild thing has to offer. Please allow yourself both parts of Sendak’s recent appearance on the Colbert Report, where genius of another type…

  • Where Maurice Sendak’s Wild Things Are.

    Loved this interview with Maurice Sendak, author/illustrator galore. Dude’s got attitude, like little Max. “Herman Melville said that artists have to take a dive… and either you hit your head on a rock and you split your skull and you die, OR, that blow to the head was so inspiring you come back up and…